*This should be a comment on Bre's post about this, but she's posted several posts since that one, so I figured no one would read it. Plus, it's kinda long. So, without further ado, here it is in non-comment post form*
Some people feel that it's too soon for this movie. Why? What happened on that day seems to have become no more than leverage Republicans use when they're falling behind in the polls. It's a date used in vain attempts to create compassion for political figures who are too dense to remember what that day was really about. That event, it wasn't about terrorists, the Middle East, or our failing government. For once, for once!, it was about the people. It was about eachother.
There wasn't a left or right wing. There were Americans. Not the nationalist, conservative Christian Americans we resent now, but Americans the way they should be. We looked out for eachother. We ran into burning buildings for eachother because that's what was right. The world was there for us, and, for once, we were there for us. Even a 3rd grader on the other side of the country, not knowing, not understanding what she was witnessing on her TV, could feel that grief, that tug of humanity that's stored inside all of us.
We told ourselves, "We Will Never Forget", but that, ironically, is what has been forgotten. The human aspect, the part that truly brought us to tears, has been seemingly buried by the politics. How could we dishonor the fallen like that? Never in our history have we been united like that. Flags flew in front of every house, moments of silence were taken in every country. Show me another event that even came close to that!
How, then, could we wind up with a country that's practically in a civil war, and a world that wants nothing to do with us, besides blow us up? Because of the politics. That's all we get any more. 9/11 is leverage. It's a magic date that, when said, has the power to give you votes. Why? I don't know. It just does. "Oh, that must mean he's a patriot and loves our country. I should vote for him." That, to the extent of my knowledge, is the thought process that happens whenever that magic date is mentioned.
God Bless America. I'm an American. America the Beautiful. I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.
We don't give a damn about these phrases anymore, because they've been used far too much, and for all the wrong reasons. I still remember the time when I said "I am an American," and took the Pledge of allegiance with pride, because that's what September 11th did to me. But I've forgotten. We've all forgotten. How can you feel that compassion for a country that's gone wrong in so many ways?
September 11th can be both a defense and an attack, and primarily against who? Other Americans! What the hell is wrong with that? John Stewart was right when he said, "They're this close to yadda-yadda-ing September 11th." It's just leverage any more. The human side has been buried midst the political jabs. That's why we need this movie. America seems to have forgotten what it truly means to be an American.
Some people feel that it's too soon for this movie. Why? What happened on that day seems to have become no more than leverage Republicans use when they're falling behind in the polls. It's a date used in vain attempts to create compassion for political figures who are too dense to remember what that day was really about. That event, it wasn't about terrorists, the Middle East, or our failing government. For once, for once!, it was about the people. It was about eachother.
There wasn't a left or right wing. There were Americans. Not the nationalist, conservative Christian Americans we resent now, but Americans the way they should be. We looked out for eachother. We ran into burning buildings for eachother because that's what was right. The world was there for us, and, for once, we were there for us. Even a 3rd grader on the other side of the country, not knowing, not understanding what she was witnessing on her TV, could feel that grief, that tug of humanity that's stored inside all of us.
We told ourselves, "We Will Never Forget", but that, ironically, is what has been forgotten. The human aspect, the part that truly brought us to tears, has been seemingly buried by the politics. How could we dishonor the fallen like that? Never in our history have we been united like that. Flags flew in front of every house, moments of silence were taken in every country. Show me another event that even came close to that!
How, then, could we wind up with a country that's practically in a civil war, and a world that wants nothing to do with us, besides blow us up? Because of the politics. That's all we get any more. 9/11 is leverage. It's a magic date that, when said, has the power to give you votes. Why? I don't know. It just does. "Oh, that must mean he's a patriot and loves our country. I should vote for him." That, to the extent of my knowledge, is the thought process that happens whenever that magic date is mentioned.
God Bless America. I'm an American. America the Beautiful. I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.
We don't give a damn about these phrases anymore, because they've been used far too much, and for all the wrong reasons. I still remember the time when I said "I am an American," and took the Pledge of allegiance with pride, because that's what September 11th did to me. But I've forgotten. We've all forgotten. How can you feel that compassion for a country that's gone wrong in so many ways?
September 11th can be both a defense and an attack, and primarily against who? Other Americans! What the hell is wrong with that? John Stewart was right when he said, "They're this close to yadda-yadda-ing September 11th." It's just leverage any more. The human side has been buried midst the political jabs. That's why we need this movie. America seems to have forgotten what it truly means to be an American.
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